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Definition of Helldiver
1. n. The dabchick.
Definition of Helldiver
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helldiver
Literary usage of Helldiver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"The only other species occurring at the lake that at all resembles the Horned
Grebe is the helldiver. The two are readily distinguished, however, ..."
2. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1898)
"The mine can be reached more quickly from Rat Portage via helldiver bay, whence
a good road a mile long runs to the mine. Meeting Mr. Breidenbach in Rat ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"The pied-billed grebe, here invariably called helldiver, is a constant resident,
nesting among the reeds. It does not seem to mind the presence of the ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"The pied-billed grebe, here invariably called helldiver, is a constant resident,
nesting among the reeds. It does not seem to mind the presence of the ..."
5. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences by Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1912)
"3 PIED-BILLED GREBE; DABCHICK, helldiver, WATER-WITCH. Quite common near Niagara
River. Breeds. Have been taken at Point Abino, Strawberry Island and ..."
6. Music of the Wild: With Reproductions of the Performers, Their Instruments by Gene Stratton-Porter (1910)
"... without parallel that in many localities it is called the helldiver, on account
of striking so deep and remaining so long that it is supposed to have ..."
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